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> How many of the general public wouldn't just choose Google if shown a list to choose a search engine? Do you think google is stupid for paying $21B? I don’t
by prepend 3y ago
> How many of the general public wouldn't just choose Google if shown a list to choose a search engine?
Do you think google is stupid for paying $21B? I don’t know the answer to your question, but I suspect Google does, and maybe Apple. And it’s a lot of people. So many people that Google would lose more than $21B in profit.
- drivingmenuts 3y agoSeeing as how “google” is now a generic word for search, I suspect most people would choose it. DDG may be a good search engine, but the name doesn’t roll off the tongue like google.
- goodbyesf 3y agoMost people don't 'choose' anything. They take what is given to them or the easiest option. Netscape found that out the hard way when microsoft leverage their OS to push IE on everyone. People can 'google' on bing, ddg, etc. They don't care whether they are actually 'googling' on google.
- manojlds 3y agoThat's choose vs something else being default scenario right?
- dartos 3y agoI wouldn’t just assume that people working and making decisions at big companies always are rational.
- goodbyesf 3y agoMaybe. But if irrational people at big companies are just throwing $21 billion away, the shareholders will hold them responsible. Especially the major shareholders.
- prepend 3y agoI would if it’s $21B involved. There are massive incentives to fix that. I’m not saying it’s impossible that Google is acting irrationally. But I’m saying it’s stupid to assume they are.
- dartos 3y agoSee SoftBank investing in wework (which had a classically bad real estate management biz model dressed as a tech startup) and tell me that again.